London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

"Make it count!" Brian Cox's noble baron rudely says to King John as he reluctantly signs the Magna Carta in Jonathan English's medieval action thriller. But the King has his revenge, cutting off the baron's hands and feet before projecting him over the walls of Rochester Castle in a giant sling.